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Cape griffon, Kolbe's vulture (Gyps coprotheres)
| Subject: | Cape griffon, Kolbe's vulture (Gyps coprotheres)
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Date: 2013:12:27 10:57:09
Camera: Canon EOS 7D (Canon)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/640 sec
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Upload Date: 2017:04:11 10:17:26
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Cape Vulture, Gyps coprotheres at Kruger National Park
Date 27 December 2013, 10:57
Source Cape Vulture, Gyps coprotheres at Kruger National Park
Author Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Vulture,_Gyps_coprotheres_at_Kruger_National_Park_(13912175084).jpg
The Cape griffon or Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and is found mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and in some parts of northern Namibia. It nests on cliffs and lays one egg per year.
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Scientific Name: Gyps coprotheres (Forster, 1798)
Common Names: Cape Vulture, Cape Griffon, Kolbe's Vulture
French – Vautour chassefiente
French: Vautour chassefiente; German: Kapgeier; Spanish: Buitre de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Vultur Coprotheres J. R. Forster, 1798, South Africa.
Synonyms: Gyps kolbi; Gyps kolbii |
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